414 THE HAND AS AN UNRULY MEMBER. 
We refer our readers to the early papers on this sub- 
ject in this Magazine, where an explanation of the terms 
used in these descriptions may be found. 
The brevity of these papers is owing to their being 
intended principally for, those who are making, or wish 
to make collections in this entertaining branch of natural 
history, and are offered as guides to them. Hopes are 
entertained that others may be led to form collections, 
from the brief hints thrown out respecting the hiding- 
places of these almost obscure animals. Many who spend 
their leisure time in solving illustrated riddles, and de- 
rive, as the result of their labor, simply an answer, would 
find that the expenditure of half the brain-work, if ap- 
plied to the identification of the fruits of a day’s ramble 
in the woods, would furnish not only a healthier intellec- 
tual enjoyment, but, with proper training, lead to an 
endless pleasure in the contemplation of the boundless 
wealth of creation. 
St. Augustine has truthfully written that “every species 
of animal has beauties peculiar to itself. The more man 
considers them, the more they engage him to adore the 
Author of Nature, who has made everything in wisdom, 
who has subjected everything to His power, and whose 
goodness governs the whole.” 
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THE HAND AS AN UNRULY MEMBER. 
BY BURT G. WILDER, M. D. 
Narvrat History is not now the simple thing it was 
acentury ago. Leaving out of view the two great depart- 
ments of Botany and Mineralogy, it then consisted of & 
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